Friday Frodos (4/9 Edition) - GeekWeek Download the new GeekWeek iPhone App and get your Friday Frodos on the go. Available in the App Store on iTunes now! Sit. Speak. Good Photon! Researchers have trapped a laser pulse inside a glass chamber --and released it again intact. Such command of light could lead to mind-boggling new technologies. Listen to this story via streaming audio, a downloadable file, or get help. March 27, 2002: Light can be hard to handle, yet humans have nearly mastered it: We can create light (turn on a flashlight) and destroy it (shine it on black asphalt). Right: Fiber optics. Yet until recently there was one thing we couldn't do with light: pause it. But now scientists have figured out how to do even that. Last year, physicists at Harvard University shined a laser beam into a glass cell filled with atomic vapors. The laser pulse was kilometers-long before it entered the cell, yet the pulse fit intact within the centimeters-wide chamber. Quantum mechanics describes the bizarre rules of light and matter on atomic scales. This improbable feat -- stopping light -- was accomplished by two teams. Does this seem familiar? Right: Supercomputer. More
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Price Tag Fails Some of these might be innocent mistakes, but I imagine most of them are the result of bored workers. Hunter S. Thompson Motivational Posters While drafting the recent guide outlining the real dangers associated with combining different types of alcohol , I got to thinking about one of the most prominent and outspoken substance-mixers of our time, the late Hunter S. Thompson. A man who graciously documented the uncharted depths of the binge unlike any other in history, HST provided us with nuggets of wisdom and encouragement all along the way. So instead of merely sharing a list of my favorite quotes from the author, I have placed them in their proper environment, the pervasive motivational poster.
7 Alternatives to Pandora and Last.FM | Mystery Tricycle Whether you are annoyed by the ads on Pandora, the limited number of skips, or the abyss of cruel 30-second song teasers from Last.FM, many online listeners are growing weary of mainstream methods of hearing new music. While the Pandora algorithm is strong, and the Last.FM related artists tool is pretty useful, don’t fool yourself in to thinking that there aren’t other great ways to expose yourself to new music in the depths of cyberspace. Here are 7 alternatives to Pandora and Last.FM that will infuse your day with an uninterrupted stream of music that large record companies haven’t managed to squash under their thumbs yet. StumbleAudio StumbleAudio has a killer recommendation engine that works better for me than Pandora’s. Songza Songza uses a recommendation engine that runs for each ‘channel’, but unlike Pandora, channels are not tied to specific listeners and rather are community property. Musicovery Stereomood Ah, the power of the ‘tag cloud’. 8tracks Grooveshark The Hype Machine
High Five Escalator (Watch it larger on YouTube) | Subscribe to us on YouTube Produced by Charlie Todd and Matt Adams / music by Tyler Walker For our latest mission, Agent Lathan gave out 2,000 high fives by standing next to a subway escalator during the morning rush. Five additional agents spread out along the adjacent stairs, holding signs that prepared commuters for the upcoming high five fun. Enjoy the video first and then check out the mission report and photos below. Starring: Agent Lathan, as “Rob”Featuring: Agents Eppink, Lindquist, Small, Thomas, WimpyDigital Video: Agents Adams, WhinesDigital Photography: Agents Sokoler, Todd The subway station at 53rd Street and Lexington Avenue can be a nightmare in the morning. Packed escalators at 8:30 AM To the left of the escalators is a staircase. Everyone is generally in a pretty crappy mood when they’re making this transfer with a herd of other people at the crack of dawn. Our agents take to the stairs The view looking down “Show me some skin!” A wise choice!
Where To Go and How To Get There I'm trying 25 new things before my birthday on August 29th! 1. Wear wedges every day for a week 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 10. 11. 12. 13. 16. 20. 21. 22. 23. 25. Amazing Sight in the South Pacific | Ash, Ocean, Island,... A yacht was traveling in the south Pacific when the crew came across a weird sight. Look at these photos and try to imagine the thrill of experiencing this phenomenon. NO!!!!This is not a beach; it is volcanic stones floating on the water. then this was spotted, ash & steam rising from the ocean.. And, while WE were watching... A plume of black ash...HUGE CLOUD. A brand new island formed... Can you imagine the thrill of being the first & only people to see a new island being created where there was nothing before?
Extraordinary funny and clever illustrations The Malaysian artist Chow Hon Lam has made some very funny but clever illustrations that also includes a touch of irony. The artist himself thinks that even if you are an animal, an object or some sort of food, you have something to say even though you can’t speak. Therefore Hon Lam wants to create and tell their story to the worldWhen people confront him about it, he just say: “I guess they must have something to say … Trust me, I try to communicate with them!” In the illustrations you can see how a the milk in a cow’s body is emptying itself while milking, gingerbread men creating themselves, a golfer breaking the sky with his golfball, etc. Others have done similar illustrations showing how the world would be if everything was different and upside down in our lives. In the visual art world, illustrators have sometimes been considered less important in comparison with fine artists and graphic designers.
The Life of Python - 20 Greatest Monty Python Sketches The Holy Grail of Python’s 20 most hilarious sketches, celebrating their 40th anniversary. This Anniversary Special marks the day that Monty Python made its sparkling debut on television when the very first episode of Monty Python’s Flying Circus was aired on the BBC on 5 October 1969. The irresistible Oxbridge partnership of John Cleese , Eric Idle , Graham Chapman , Michael Palin and Terry Jones , mixed with the dazzlingly surreal artworks of American Terry Gilliam , celebrates four decades and 45 episodes of risqué silliness. The comedy of Monty Python was streaks ahead of its time. In honour of 40 phenomenal years of comedy, we take a look at the 20 greatest Python sketches ever. 1. Undeniably the most popular and well known of the Monty Python sketches, and for good reason too. 2. The best Python song, barring perhaps Always Look On The Bright Side of Life , The Lumberjack Song is both eminently hum-able and achingly funny. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. More Monty Python Links
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